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  • Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage Twister that hit Oklahoma caused $2 bn in damage

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Rescue workers were combing through the battered remains of buildings left behind in the path of the gigantic tornado that killed two dozen people, including nine children, in Oklahoma on Monday. Officials say the search for survivors is nearly over as efforts turn towards recovery. Gary Bird, fire chief of the badly hit Moore suburb, said he was "98% sure" there were no ...

  • Nikki Sixx lashes out at Kim K for promoting make-up line during Okla. tornado

    Nikki Sixx has slammed Kim Kardashian on Twitter for promoting her new make-up collection on Monday in the aftermath of the disastrous tornado that destroyed a suburb near Oklahoma City. After the 'Motley Crue' bassist tweeted about the Red Cross relief for the ruined town, the reality TV star soon followed with her plug on her own makeup line on the website, the New York Post reported. "Love ...

  • Experts say Oklahoma tornados power dwarfed Hiroshima bomb

    The amount of energy the killer tornado that hit US state of Oklahoma had dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that levelled Hiroshima. On Tuesday, the National Weather Service gave it the top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 for wind speed and breadth and severity of damage. Wind speeds were estimated at between 200 and 210 mph. According to the New York Post, several meteorologists used real ...

  • Tornado spanned length of 22 soccer fields

    Residents of suburban Oklahoma were returning home as rescue workers neared the end of the search for survivors and the dead after a mammoth tornado - said to be as wide as 22 football fields - flattened countless homes and claimed 24 lives, including nine children. Even as officials revised the death toll down from the earlier 51, the National Weather Service gave Monday's tornado that hit ...

  • Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin on Immediate Needs Future Safety Provisions

    As Oklahomans affected by the monster tornado begin cleanup efforts, Judy Woodruff talks with Gov. Mary Fallin about the most essential needs of survivors who have lost homes or loved ones, how federal agencies are assisting in the recovery and what should be done in the future to ensure that residents have safe ...

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The Good Girl

While The Good Girl purports to be a quirky slice-of-life melodrama about simple people caught in a dead-end world, what it ultimately does is deflate the myth of escape. Jennifer Aniston, in an impressive dramatic turn, plays a sad woman who hates everything about her life, but is powerless to do anything about it. At one point, she literally finds herself at a crossroads, with one turn l ... ...

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  • Country Music Superstars Plan Benefits For Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    LOS ANGELES - Blake Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton told reporters about the fundraising effort after Tuesday night's episode of "The Voice." Shelton, an Oklahoma native, paid tribute to the thousands affected by Sunday and Monday's tornadoes by performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" with wife ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes A cemetery cleanup to remember long past Memorial Day

    "EVERBODY IS A PART OF MOORE" -- When this city asked for help repairing its tornado-damaged cemetery, it unleashed days of pent-up desire to help and 1,000 volunteers grateful to make a ...

  • Education board to consider waivers for Moore

    OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma State Board of Education is expected to consider waivers for public schools in the tornado-ravaged community of ...

  • Time reporter talks about article on Okla. tornadoes

    The Oklahoma tornadoes have made national news and now thestorms are on the cover of Time. Linda Cavanaugh talked to Time reporter Zeke Miller who wrote the ...

  • Canine companions help in healing after tornadoes

    MOORE, Okla. – Residents across Oklahoma are recovering in hospitals after the storms earlier this week. Doctors and medicine are helping in the healing along with a little ';four-legged'; penicillin. Therapy dogs are bringing the first smiles to these faces since the ...

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